Well, dear readers, I am not at a loss for words. I am rarely at a loss for words. But every day new words are suddenly deemed bad and not usable and one must be very careful about which words one should use and not use, even though certain words that are deemed bad are frequently used by people who apparently can use them with impunity. This creates mass confusion and therefore occasionally a word will be used (sometimes in anger or annoyance) and that will raise a ruckus. But, interestingly, the people raising the ruckus are usually people who have said much worse on public Internet boards. It’s apparently okay for them, but not okay for others, and hence, this mass confusion I spoke of comes into effect and one simply must suddenly look at every word one writes or speaks. For example, whilst I was out today I used the word periwinkle. You would not believe the uproar in the City of Studio. There was an outcry and also an incry like you’ve never heard. People were up in arms (no mean feat), and a few people were even up in feet (no mean feat). There was a brouhaha that could be heard far and wide. Tar and feathers were being spoken of, and apologies were demanded by very moral and upright citizens. I had no idea that periwinkle would cause such a fuss and an uproar and to-do, but it did. I finally had to issue an apology, which was accepted quickly, but still on these very moral and upright citizens went. Several of them said while my use of the word periwinkle was heinous (heinous, do you hear me), it was not heinous when certain members of society said it. Apparently the word periwinkle is perfectly fine for certain members of society but not other members of society, for instance a sixty-two-year-old Jew is not going to get away with saying periwinkle. I did say it in a fit of pique and I do regret it, but I didn’t really mean any harm – everyone knows I am VERY supportive of periwinkle, but perhaps I should have used the word myrtle or vinca – apparently those words are fine, but periwinkle isn’t fine and causes people to break out in heat rashes. However, these same people who were so offended by my use of the word periwinkle rather than myrtle or vinca, were using phrases such as “How dare that peckerwood use the word periwinkle” and “Anyone who would use the word periwinkle is an insensitive boner.” After I made my apology I asked for an apology for those phrases yet strangely no apology was forthcoming. So, I’m going to be VERY careful about what words I use in today’s notes. The one word I will not be using is periwinkle because that word, in today’s world, is just not used. Ten years ago – you could use the word periwinkle to your heart’s content. Now? You’ll be run out of town on a rail. So, the only words I’ll feel comfortable using in these here notes is myrtle and vinca, not necessarily in that order. I have now written an entire page and I have no clew as to what the HELL I’m talking about – although it does seem to have something to do with a forbidden name for a nice plant. But I think my point was that you just never know where you stand with a word these days.
Yesterday was a very nice day. The sky was periwinkle blue – oh, no – sorry, I didn’t mean it that way. The sky was a myrtle or vinca blue. I was up early, awakened by the doorbell, which was rung by the CD delivery guy. Yes, the CDs that were getting here this morning, you know, the day I have my helper coming, came yesterday, you know, the day my helper wasn’t here. So, I packaged up all the Kritzerland orders and got them shipped out, and now there’s only the dealer orders to do today. That took some time, and then I had some lunch at Hugo’s. After lunch at Hugo’s, I did some errands and whatnot, picked up no mail or packages, came home, did some work on the computer, packaged up some more orders (including book orders) and listened to a lot of music, whilst rearranging boxes in the garage and then lugging about nine heavy boxes from the living room – so, now the living room seems more like a living room and will seem even more so when I get the big dealer orders out today. I also sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I finished watching a motion picture on DVD, one of those Warner Archive things, entitled The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, the final film of Peter Sellers. It’s a shame this had to be his final film, for it is one of his worst, maybe his worst. He looks bad, he looks tired, and, worst of all, he’s completely unfunny – but then again, with this script no one could be funny. It’s just one horrible scene after another. The film looks good, and is competently directed by someone who seemingly should not be doing comedy. Transfer was fine.
I then listened to various and sundried CDs in preparation for mixing our new release on Thursday and Friday. I’m hoping we can make this sound really good and much more vibrant than its other releases. That is the hope. And if it becomes problematic then I shall simply say periwinkle and not give a flying Wallenda who gets annoyed.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below before I inadvertently use another word that causes an uproar.
Today, I shall not be using the word periwinkle, but may use the words myrtle or vinca should the fancy strike me, which is entirely possible since I just struck the fancy. In the morning, helper will arrive and we will ship out the big dealer orders, some books, and some smaller orders. After we get those posted, then we’ll be going to lunch, where we will be met by dear reader Cason, who is about to leave the city of Los Angeles for a job in his very own Arizona. Of course we wish him well and hope he’ll come back one fine day. And also, Mr. Barry Pearl will be there. When lunch is done, Barry and I will stay and do some work on a project.
Tomorrow, I begin the remix of our upcoming release. I’m very excited about it and can’t wait to see what we can actually do. That will, most likely, continue on into Friday and we should be done by the end of the day. In the meantime, my mastering guy will be back tomorrow and he’ll start mastering the original album, which will be on one CD (our remix will be on a second CD). So, we should be good to announce on Monday, with a soundtrack title announcing the following Monday.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, ship a lot of boxes, I must have a fun lunch, I must do a little work with Barry Pearl, I must write, I must hopefully pick up some mail and packages, and then I must relax. Can you say relax? Is that okay, or will that offend someone? Today’s topic of discussion: What are your favorite words – the words that you really like to pull out in a discussion or when you’re writing – words that reflect your personality and words you just have fun with. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, and please, let’s just not use the word periwinkle – myrtle and vinca are, of course, fine.